Knee biomechanics during landings: Comparison of pre- and postpubescent females

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-107

  Hass, Chris J ^a   Schick, Elizabeth A ^b   Tillman, Mark D ^b   Chow, John W ^b   Brunt, Denis ^c   Cauraugh, James H ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Joint resultants; Jump landings; Lower extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MATURATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PREPUBERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 11344267691     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000150085.07169.73     Document Type: Article

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